Pressure on Facebook !

I have no idea how it will work, but I do see the authorities adding a phone number or a link that goes to the police web site. I suppose it would be the same as what is on financial sites where you enter your password information and make transfers. I do think there is a problem with Facebook, but that is because often profession and celebrity people ask you to join Facebook and be their friends, and people think they are the same as their friends at work, church, and school. So they get into trouble. Me, I think there should be three categories, your personal friends that you know or someone you know and that you can tell anything to, your acquaintances, or those who you have a similar interest in that you can tell something but not everything (for instance if I made Rachel Ray or Jamie Oliver a friend I would ask them about dividing a recipe, or substitutions but not if I had a personal problem( and non=friends or acquaintances that you only tell them non-identifying information.

she went to see the person she met on facebook and got kill? This is just like when they first introduce chatting online; they go and meet people that they just met online without knowing the background. I guess in this matter we cannot blame facebook for what had happen. People should be wise and not to trusting because we do not know whether one is telling the truth or just a really bad con man.

Panic button??? never heard of that and i don't think that will also be a solution to end up such fate like the teener who was killed. What is important here is that people should be very careful of what to put in their profile and have a limitation on pictures to pose. If they are not sure of the person, then don't add them. Kids can easily fake their age on FB. So the panic button will never be a help to call what " a police?" just call 911 but what if they have an eyeball outside, then better take someone with you or a chaperon to be safe. But most of all, all the information that you have to place on FB should be really safe, no telephone number posting, no home address posting. We cannot blame social sites for this. It is the persons responsibility once they have created an account. No such social site can nanny kids or teeners.

Hi Gany, It's a pity that social networking sites like the now-so-famous Facebook are being used by jerks to ploy on unsuspecting victims, more often than not, teenagers who think it's fun to take the online friendship to the next level. I don't think the panic button can really stop this illegal activities happening on the cyberworld, but parents should be more vigilant and more involved their children's activities. Oftentimes teenagers who feel their parents don't care are the ones who are vulnerable to these kind of people.

I, being, a mom of teenagers, is concerned also with the fast and incredible technology we are in now. It is helpful to most people, but is being abused by some maligned individuals. The best that we can do as of now, as adults, is to constantly remind our children of the old rule: "Never ever talk to strangers even if they look or sound like innocent toddlers".

A panic button on facebook? What if they can't get to their facebook when they realize they're in danger? It sounds like an okay idea, but calling the police works well, too. There is a lot of creepy stuff going on on sites like myspace and facebook. People just need to limit their friends to people they actually know. We should all be aware that you never really know who you're talking to online. Meet people in person, not online. But if you abslutely feel the need to talk to strangers though, don't give them any information about yourself. Your life is much too precious to put in any danger over the internet.

I think the parents of the child should be blame rather than the site. This could happen not only through social networking sites but also from messaging (mobile phones), other chat sites, etc. They should have monitored their child's activities.

The panic button is to report suspected peadophiles. It takes user to another site for help. It DOES NOT directly call the police. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574727.stm

The man who killed this girl used pictures of a 17 year old boy to trick the girl into thinking she was talking to him. She is said to be a girl of very low self esteem and was happy that a good looking boy was taking an interest in her. They arranged to meet and the man tricked her into getting into his car by texing her and saying "his dad was picking her up" The panic button wont necessarily mena that anyone who presses it will have immedicate police help. I just think it sends a warning message to facebook and then they deal with it and maybe get police involved later if they feel the need.

I had not heard about the British girl, and that is very sad news indeed..... but one has to remember...that when you put PERSONAL information out there on the web, you are making it available for ANYONE to see, and/or either exploit. I think the idea of creating a panic button, is an especially good one. It should have been made available right from the beginning. cdrxo

I'm not sure how this will work. Nor would it help in cases like the horrific one you mention, since the girl wouldn't be online when she met the man. However, exposure of the case might deter other young girls from arranging meetings with people they had only met on-line.

I hadn't heard about that. I'm not sure it would have made a difference in her case since somehow he got to her. Maybe they are thinking that a person might have an emergency and not be able to get to the phone but were at their computer? Sounds like another way to call 911 for help. Very interesting idea, not sure how it would work with a cable connection but I can see how it would with dial up. Hope all is going well for you and you never need it! Take care!

From what I have heard about this case she would not have even used a "panic button" as she met the guy without any trouble and it was only when he obviously had other motives that she would have realised what he was like. I'm sure if there was something like what has been suggested you would have people who were using it to try and get certain people into trouble when they had not done anything wrong.

it is the mere responsibility of the ines who are using the sites to be careful..if it is possible to create a panic button for the huge users then it should be applied..it is a highly shocking news for all the users and a awakening one to be enough careful while using the sites,,wake up!!